James Bond May Go to Sony

Sony Pictures is reportedly closing in on attaining the distribution rights to the James Bond franchise.

Deadline claims that, while other studios still are in pursuit of the franchise, Sony is expected to prevail as it's supposedly given in to more of MGM's demands than not.

According to Deadline, "Sony is agreeing to allow MGM's new leadership to leverage the next Bond pic, and indeed the Bond franchise, to create more cash flow for the reconstituted studio post-bankruptcy. The new brass, Spyglass Entertainment co-owners Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum who are now the Co-Chairmen andCEOs of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, are finishing negotiations to co-finance a number of films with Sony."

One of the films that Sony has reportedly agreed to give MGM a co-financing deal on is The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, starring none other than 007 himself, Daniel Craig.